“Lo Squalo dello Stretto” (The Shark of the Straits) is aiming straight for Rio. “I want to make history in the Olympic event”, the Italian cyclist has repeated more than once. And, coming from one who’s already made history – he is one of the six cyclists to have won the Giro d’Italia (2013 and 2016), the Tour de France and the Vuelta -, we can believe him. He doesn’t like physical contact and so, for this reason, he’s never liked football much. Instead, he has a passion for radio-controlled model motorcars and his hobby is photography, which he inherited from his father who also inspired his passion for cycling. On their first date, Rachele, the girl who would become his wife, asked him: “Why do you keep your bicycle in the boot of the car?” a question that only someone who knows nothing about cycling could ask. And then, little Emma came to join the Nibali team. 31 years old, with a published autobiography in the bookstores (‘Di furore e lealtà’), the Sicilian climber defines himself as a little naive and one who likes his “normality”. And even an Olympic gold wouldn’t change him.